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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-MCGUIRE-AFB-NJ · McGuire AFB, NJ 4,491 pop · income 61st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around McGuire AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest McGuire AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Taylor Creek · lowest
37,281
Taylor Creek · lowest
37,281 median HH income
14.9% of the leader · rank #1
McGuire AFB · this city
79,423
McGuire AFB · this city
79,423 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #2
Westminster · near
79,431
Westminster · near
79,431 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #3
Pumpkin Hollow · near
79,432
Pumpkin Hollow · near
79,432 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #4
Tom Bean · near
79,432
Tom Bean · near
79,432 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #5
Manawa · near
79,432
Manawa · near
79,432 median HH income
31.8% of the leader · rank #6
Mountain Lakes · highest
250,001
Mountain Lakes · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for McGuire AFB on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,491.
Nationally, McGuire AFB sits in the 61st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
61st
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: McGuire AFB, NJ
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 4,491 residents in McGuire AFB, a small town within New Jersey. The typical household in McGuire AFB brings in $79,423 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.6%. The median resident age is 24.4 years. Educational attainment runs 39.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 29.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,132 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 90.8 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of McGuire AFB's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For McGuire AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for McGuire AFB?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Landing (4,499 residents, $125,407 income); Buena (4,500 residents, $78,393 income); Beattystown (4,479 residents, $105,179 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Mosinee, WI (4,492 residents); Hokes Bluff, AL (4,493 residents); Taylor Creek, FL (4,493 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in McGuire AFB?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A-
2.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B
39.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$79,423
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
McGuire AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 81/100 (A-) · 2.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 39.0%
Household income: 59/100 (C) · $79,423
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does McGuire AFB compare to other US cities?
Here's how McGuire AFB stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income61% higher than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares McGuire AFB against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places McGuire AFB near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, McGuire AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares McGuire AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#521 of 659
21st percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#374 of 680
44th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#376 of 686
45th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
61st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$79,423McGuire AFB, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context McGuire AFB, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for McGuire AFB, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,491
Median Income
$79,423
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.4
Poverty Rate
2.6%
Labor force participation
29.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
39.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.9%
Carpool
12.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
6.1%
Other
4.3%
Based on 2,134 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for McGuire AFB. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around McGuire AFB is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county McGuire AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How McGuire AFB compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.